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... understand ' an organism ; neither ought we to say that we must abjure our understanding ( ' plunge into the life - stream ' ) to apprehend it ; rather , perhaps , that we must transcend our understanding . Transcend is a dangerous word ...
... understand ' an organism ; neither ought we to say that we must abjure our understanding ( ' plunge into the life - stream ' ) to apprehend it ; rather , perhaps , that we must transcend our understanding . Transcend is a dangerous word ...
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... understand . ' We read fine things , ' said Keats , ' but we do not understand them till we have gone the same steps as the author . ' Lessing's ratification of classical values by his own experience is of this kind . He reanimates ...
... understand . ' We read fine things , ' said Keats , ' but we do not understand them till we have gone the same steps as the author . ' Lessing's ratification of classical values by his own experience is of this kind . He reanimates ...
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... understand . $ Rousseau's great effort was to make men understand society and themselves . This was the purpose of Émile and the Contrat Social : the understanding of the true social contract is the culmination of an education not into ...
... understand . $ Rousseau's great effort was to make men understand society and themselves . This was the purpose of Émile and the Contrat Social : the understanding of the true social contract is the culmination of an education not into ...
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THE FUNCTION OF CRITICISM | 1 |
POETRY AND PROSE ΙΟ | 10 |
STENDHAL | 25 |
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